Table 5 Statistical significance of training interests by sociodemographic variables

Variable

p

p

p

p

p

p

p

Cluster I

1) How to explore patients’ perceptions of illness, death, treatments and the healthcare system (e.g., role of palliative care)

0.026

0.007

2) How to discuss sensitive topics (e.g., end of life, death, intimacy)

0.000

Cluster II

3) How to explore patients and relatives’ expectations

0.002

4) How to assess symptoms and pain and investigate their meaning for patients

0.027

0.012

0.000

5) Health and support networks for precarious patients (e.g., asylum seekers, undocumented migrants)

0.017

6) How to involve patients in decision making

0.007

9) How to adapt speech to patient’s level of comprehension

0.021

0.026

Cluster III

10) How to break bad news

0.031

0.03

0.017

11) How to collaborate with relatives

0.009

13) Historical and socioeconomic conditions of migrant populations in Switzerland

0.026

15) Epidemiologic aspects of migration

0.031